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Concept Art Blows My Mind
that1dood | 10:49 AM on 03.31.2008 13 comments


Okay, so not so long ago I found a website that is chock full of amazing artists who just pump it out all day long. I'm not particularly artistically talented, but I do enjoy looking at other people's art quite a bit.

Anyway, today I was going through the forums and stumbled across this jaw dropping piece of concept art that some guy just drew up Photoshop. I seriously just stared at it for a solid minute and a half before I (probably audibly) said "I have to post this. Other people must see this". So here it is.

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Monty Oum Strikes again with Dead Fantasy II
that1dood | 10:18 AM on 03.26.2008 6 comments


Prepare for you brain to explode from immense amounts of fanboy glee. Also, the animation and direction thereof is absolutely incredible. Enjoy!

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Should I sell my Wii?
that1dood | 3:46 PM on 03.25.2008 32 comments



After post after post after post about how so many things are sucking serious balls on the Wii platform, I've been considering selling my Wii recently.

I mean, why should I pay the same price as the 360 version of Rock Band when I get half the content? Why should I put up with nickel and dimed to death with games that are sold half finished? Is it just me or is there only one game on the Wii worth playing, and even it has it's share of problems. For crying out loud, the Wii doesn't even have DVD playback.

What do you think Destructoid? Should I sell my Wii and buy a 360?

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Gurren Lagann Figure is super posable and super awesome!
that1dood | 12:44 PM on 03.24.2008 16 comments



WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?! A Gurren Lagann fan?! ... Okay, so you got me there. But even if you're not a Gurren Lagann fan, this figure is impressive to say the least. Revoltech is releasing a 120mm action figure in Mid-May that I must get. Granted, it's fairly small (just over 4 inches in American measurements) but the replaceable heads, and the amazing amount of articulation makes up for it. You can reserve it now for 1805 Yen (rougly $18) at your favorite Japanese figure store. I think I might just get this one. Now observe some pictures of it's awesome!

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Get 'Lost' Thursday - Meet Kevin Johnson Edition
that1dood | 12:25 PM on 03.20.2008 17 comments



* "Meet Kevin Johnson" ABC Promo
* Promo Pics for "Meet Kevin Johnson"
* More Lost Links

It seems that life strikes again and I had another unfortunate week long hiatus. My apologies. Anyway, to business!

Last weeks episode was a bit of a shocker, but at the same time felt a bit like they were treading water. It was a Jin-centric episode that had, at times, a confusing amount of flash forwards and flash backs. For those of you who didn't understand what was going on with the whole Panda bear thing, that was a flashback, not a flash forward. We know this for several reasons, when he delivers the bear the baby is a boy (Sun has a girl). The show playing in the background in the toystore is 'Expose', a soap opera about a certain exotic dancer who gets shot when she finds out her boss was the "kingpin". It's the year of the dragon, the last of which was in 2000. And, when asked when he was having a baby, he said he had only been married for 2 months.

Also in last week's episode we discovered that Juliet can be a frigid bitch, willing to do anything to accomplish her objective; In this case, to get Sun off the Island quickly so she doesn't die.

We also see a Jin's supposed grave with the date of his death being that of the plane crash. I think this is interesting. I really think that the writers are playing with the timeframe here because interestingly only Hurley comes to meet Sun. I think this is meant to imply that Jin is actually still alive on the Island to accomplish something (likely something we'll find out by the end of this season) and simply sent her Sun to Korea to have the baby safely. I also think that she has every intention of returning with Hurley. That's just a guess, who knows what's really going on.

And finally, the 'big reveal', of the episode was that Michael was on the freighter under the alias Kevin Johnson. This raises several interesting question, how could he have possibly gotten off the island, and completely changed his identity in the short 30 days he's been off the island? Clearly it has something to do with Ben and probably WAAAAALLLLTTT. Also, why has he returned? Where is Walt? What was he doing the whole time he was off? And how long exactly was he off the island? We already know there's a time difference from the Island and from the 'real world', hopefully we'll find out tonight.

Tonight's episode centers around Michael. And if ABC's promos are to be believed, someone is going to die. My bets are on Claire. Why else would Kate have her baby? We shall see. Who do you think will die? What do you think Michael was doing while he was gone? Do you have any grand, unifying theories about what's REALLY going on yet?

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Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS Announced
that1dood | 3:19 PM on 03.19.2008 3 comments



As predicted, the DS iteration of Guitar Hero has been officially announced. But how the crap is that going to work, you ask? Well, by way of the above pictured lame ass peripheral that snaps onto your DS.

Don't get me wrong, I really like Guitar Hero. But I've just about had it with these franchises that try and "revolutionize" things and "try something different" when it's just not necessary. Guitar Hero was fine the way it was. I openly welcome dlc (and would love if Nintendo would stop being lame and let it come to the Wii version =[ ) and I really like the idea of coop career mode. But Guitar Hero for the DS... come on!

The DS version will have 20 exclusive songs, most of which are original master tracks, though whether or not that matters seeing as how it's on the DS is yet to be seen.

Observe the cheesiest ad for a Guitar Hero game yet.


**Edit** Dammit! Front page beat me to it. Oh well.

Exclusive Reveal via IGN
Interview with Yahoo

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